Product Description

Internationally-exhibited photographer Keith Carter is the first subject in a new DVD documentary series that presents a fully comprehensive study of the today's most influential photographers. Produced by Anthropy Arts, The Photographers Series: Keith Carter starts with an intimate hour long documentary that takes the viewer through Carter’s career, giving an in-depth look at his techniques and philosophy, and features special guest interviews, including museum curator Anne Wilkes Tucker and Academy Award winning writer, Horton Foote.

Also included on this DVD is an hour long Photo Commentary where Carter discusses the stories behind many of his most beloved photographs. Plus, there’s a 20-minute Bonus Feature in which Mr. Carter demonstrates the techniques he uses to tone his photographs.

Carter, who was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1948, has lived in Beaumont, TX since early his childhood. After taking over his mother’s portrait business in the early 80’s, Carter also began producing more personal images of small Texas towns, landscapes, portraits, still-lifes, and interiors, using black and white film rather than the color his commercial work often demanded. These images have resulted in ten books and hundreds of exhibitions. While retired from commercial portraiture, he teaches art photography and maintains an exhausting schedule of making images and conducting workshops and lectures around the world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83482 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-05-01
• Formats: Color, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 140 minutes

The George Eastman House Museum, April 2006
A terrific DVD for photo enthusiasts and students...it's informative and inspirational.

Customer Reviews

Inspiring interview with one of America's National Treasures!
As a long time lover of Carter's amazing photography, I was very pleased to see this DVD and bought it immediately. I was not disappointed.

Keith Carter comes across as a real human being, and not some holier than thou "artiste" who photographs dirt and then creates some long winded explanation of how the dirt is an expression of some inner torment blahblahblah. But this is to be expected, as Carter is a real artist, in the sense that he ventures out into the world, truly communicates with other human beings and creates art that communicates with other human beings. His work stands in direct contrast to the "ennui" photography currently in vogue with collectors.

And if there is one word you could use to describe Carter's photography, it is human, sometimes revealing, oftentimes mysterious, but always tapped into and informed by the human experience. I remember the sense of beauty and awe I felt viewing his work back in college. The amazing thing is, he just keeps getting better!

God Bless You, Keith. I love your work more than you could know.

Parker
www.ParkerSmithPhoto.com

Good watch
This is a wonderful video of a person who I admire very much. This video gives a glimpse of the side of an artist that no one usually ever sees. I actually watched this video with Keith as he watched it for the first time. It is a well made documentary and I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Keith's.

Another good photographer. Another new world.
In this DVD, Keith Carter is expaining in detail about his views on photography, demonstrating how he works and also giving some personal hints to beginner and intermediate photographers. It is also possible to see and feel the atmosphere he has created for himself to concentrate on photography. Although the DVD has no subtitles he has a very clean accent and it's quite easy to follow the scripts. It's great to see what type of working environment he has created for himself. It gave me inspiration and some vision for the future of my photographic career. The documentary has a relatively slow and pieceful pace and Keith Carter is talking quite a lot but it's never boring. He has a very good and sufficient way of explaining his thoughts. I managed to capture a few thoughts which I always felt inside but never been able to put into words. It's almost one hour but can be watched very easily without getting bored.

I am a keen follower of these type of DVDs and I can say that this is one of the succesful ones. It's good for all people who are interested in photography but I believe that people who are relatively a bit more experienced will take better benefit of it.